Flowerdale, Temple House
House (Period Unassigned), Presbytery (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Flowerdale, Temple House
Classification House (Period Unassigned), Presbytery (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Flowerdale House Policies; Old Temple House
Canmore ID 11957
Site Number NG87NW 4
NGR NG 814 753
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11957
- Council Highland
- Parish Gairloch
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NG87NW 4 814 753
The old Temple House at Flowerdale (NG 814 753) where Alastair Breac (alive in the early 17th century) seems to have sometimes lived, is a modernised dwelling. 'No doubt a great part of the wall is ancient.' The present occupier, a head-gardener and forester, says that the style of the windows and entrance when he first remembers the house, gave probability to the tradition that it was originally a church or temple of worship. It may have been the residence of the priest or priests of Gairloch church before the Reformation.
J H Dixon 1886.
